NAVY
(Defenselink -- 26 October
2006) Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va., is being
awarded a $71,452,262 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification under previously awarded
contract (N00024-06-C-2105) for planning yard, design, configuration management
and logistics support for new construction, operational, conversion and
decommissioning submarines, and modernization support for operational and
decommissioning submarines. The contract will provide for engineering, technical
and design support, configuration management support, Integrated Logistics
Support (ILS), and database management support for new construction. This effort
will support SSN 688, Seawolf, Virginia, SSBN, Trident-UK, and SSGN Class
submarines. This modification combines support of the U.S. Navy (99 percent) and
the United Kingdom (1 percent) under the Foreign
Military Sales program. Work will be performed in Newport News, Va., and
is expected to be completed by September 2007. Contract funds in the amount of
$31,438,995 will expire
at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command,
Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.